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Rant about AI gaslighting: I am attempting to learn Schubert's Impromptus D. 899, Op. 90: No. 3 in G-Flat. I have listened to loads of lovely recordings. I came across a recording by François Chaplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYZ5JTfodU. I noticed a mistake in bar 76 (5:11). The (right hand) E is notated as double flat, but he plays E flat. It's quite jarring if you know the piece. I googled it out of interest/charity. Was there an alternative score that he used? I find it unusual for there to be such a mistake on a studio recording. And the response I get is just a load of AI crap. First, it was just 'hallucination'. Something about "textual alteration / misreading in the left hand at Bar 76" - I don't think there is any such mistake. The hallucination continues with the idea that the measure in question 'centers on an E-minor tonality' - no, it is B minor (and B major with Chaplin's mistake). Then there is irrelevant speculation about confusion between G major and Gb major editions. Chaplin is obviously on the Gb edition! The thing that struck me is that when I prompted further the AI seemed to go into not only hallucination, but 'gaslighting' mode. I said: "This has nothing to do with the two editions. I am talking about the Gb major edition. In the Urtext version, bar 76 has an e double flat. Does Chaplin play this as an e double flat, or is there a mistake?" The definitive reply from AI: "No, there is no mistake; François Chaplin plays the E double-flat exactly as written." Indeed, according to the AI I may just be perceiving it in an illusory way! It says "The Illusion: To the human ear, this abrupt chromatic dip can easily mimic the sound of a "wrong note" or a finger slip because it momentarily destabilises the peaceful G-flat major tonality." And I can't possibly have heard it as I claim, because, the AI assures me "Chaplin is known for his highly rigorous adherence to Urtext scores. In this recording, he executes the harmonic tension of that E [double flat] exactly as Schubert intended, without altering the text." WHAT THE FUCK! AM I GOING MAD? The message I am receiving is, no you are wrong/misperceiving - making me question my senses. #AI #AIMusic #Schubert #Gaslighting

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